Emma Stone: Gwen Stacy is Spider-Man's equal

The 25-year-old star plays Peter Parker's love interest in 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2' and believes her alter-ego is a ''modern day'' woman who can take control of her own future.

Talking to screenrant.com, she said: ''They were pretty clear that that's what they wanted to--the kind of Gwen that they wanted. At my first audition, that she was going to be his equal and that she was going to be a modern woman.

''But I think especially in the second movie that point is really driven home because she is so willfully putting herself into these situations even though he wants to protect her and keep his distance from her. And she's also, you know her ambitions are strong and she's going off to school and she's carving out her own path with or without Peter.''